Melissa Leong

Boardroom Limited - Boardroom Boredom No More

If the word “boardroom” brings to mind a stuffy meeting involving a group of men with graying hair, think again. Boardroom Limited, a Singapore Exchange-listed company with an impressive and extensive portfolio, is anything but.

By Melissa Leong

Angelin Loh and Yang Shuzhen, both accounting graduates from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, have come a long way since joining the Boardroom Limited group 11 years and two years ago respectively. Both unhesitatingly describe their work as “challenging yet satisfying”...

JTC - Engineered for Life

Guided by passion, Calvin Chung knew that he was born to be an engineer and strove to follow his dreams. JTC gave him the opportunity; the rest is history.

By Melissa Leong

As a teenager, Calvin Chung had already begun to engineer, starting with his life. Discovering a passion for the sciences at secondary school, he was already convinced then that a career in engineering was the only way to go. Determined to pursue his ambition, he completed his GCE ‘A’ Levels and went on to achieve an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from NUS.

Like many fresh graduates, Calvin went through the rigours of job hunting through classified ads in the newspaper. A career with Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) seemed a natural and outstanding choice to him because as a statutory board, he felt that the organisation would be able to provide him with the most exposure and opportunities in his field...

Are you Superpoking at Work?

Spending more time on Facebook than your work in the office? Doing so will not only incur losses for your company, but affect your career prospects. Read on to find out how you can strike a balance.

By Melissa Leong